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How much is The Fighting Temeraire worth?
The Fighting Temeraire is not for sale: it is held by the National Gallery, London, so it has no market price. The closest guide is Turner's highest documented sale: $47.4 million for Rome, from Mount Aventine, at Sotheby's London in 2014. Prints and posters of it usually sell for $5–$250, and hand-painted copies for $100–$800.
- Artist
- J. M. W. Turner
- Date
- 1839
- Medium
- Oil on canvas
- Held by
- National Gallery, London
Turner's record$47.4MRome, from Mount Aventine · 2014
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About the painting
The Fighting Temeraire, tugged to her last berth to be broken up, 1838 is an oil-on-canvas painting by the English artist Joseph Mallord William Turner, painted in 1838 and exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1839.
More on the artist: the most expensive Turner ever sold, and where the famous ones hang.
Turner next to other famous artists
Each artist's highest documented sale, from the same research. Turner: $47.4 million for Rome, from Mount Aventine, in 2014.
Nominal US dollars as reported at the time of sale, buyer's premium included where the source includes it.
Why it has no price
The Fighting Temeraire is held by the National Gallery, London. Works in public collections are not sold, so no one can put a market price on them. Sale records of other works by the same artist are the closest guide to what it would fetch.
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Questions
How much is The Fighting Temeraire worth?
The Fighting Temeraire is not for sale: it is held by the National Gallery, London, so it has no market price. The closest guide is Turner's highest documented sale: $47.4 million for Rome, from Mount Aventine, at Sotheby's London in 2014. Prints and posters of it usually sell for $5–$250, and hand-painted copies for $100–$800.
How much is a print of The Fighting Temeraire worth?
Most prints and posters of The Fighting Temeraire sell for $5–$250, with framed ones at the top of that range, and hand-painted copies for $100–$800. They are priced as decorative pieces, not as Turner's work.
Is The Fighting Temeraire for sale?
No. It is held by the National Gallery, London. Works in public collections are not sold, so they have no market price.
What is Turner's most expensive work?
Rome, from Mount Aventine, which sold for $47.4 million at Sotheby's London in 2014. Prices are nominal US dollars as reported at the time.
Where is The Fighting Temeraire?
The Fighting Temeraire (1839, oil on canvas) is held by the National Gallery, London.
Sources
- $47.4 million, 2014: guinnessworldrecords.com
Researched October 2026 and checked against a second source. All famous painting prices
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